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Wood Warbler
Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland / CC BY-SA 2.0

Bird · Phylloscopidae

Wood Warbler

Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Bird call

© Sunny Tseng / XC1151570 / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Facts

Habitat
Mature deciduous woodland with closed canopy and sparse ground cover
IUCN status
LC (Least Concern)
Wingspan
~21 cm
Wood Warbler plumage
Plumage · (c) shadow_385, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Ecological relationships

Nests in

  • European BeechFagus sylvatica

    Breeds almost exclusively in mature Beech woodland with a closed canopy and bare, leaf-litter floor - one of the tightest habitat associations of any European warbler. UK populations have declined sharply as Beech woodland structure has changed.